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Natalie Dent – Your Independent Travel Agent Based in Edinburgh

A magnificent sunrise in Patagonia

Recommended Reading,
   For a Richer Travel Experience

Books About South and Central America

Follow mountain roads, rivers and railways through countries shaped by Indigenous heritage, migration and political change. These books move between intimate family stories and ambitious journeys, carrying the sound, colour and complexity of South and Central America onto the page.

Recommended Reading

In Patagonia – Bruce Chatwin (Patagonia)
The Motorcycle Diaries – Ernesto “Che” Guevara (South America)
The Old Patagonian Express – Paul Theroux (Central and South America)
Travels in a Thin Country – Sara Wheeler (Chile)
Turn Right at Machu Picchu – Mark Adams (Peru)
The Lost City of Z – David Grann (the Amazon)
The River of Doubt – Candice Millard (Brazil)
One Hundred Years of Solitude – Gabriel García Márquez (Colombia)
The House of the Spirits – Isabel Allende (Chile)
Like Water for Chocolate – Laura Esquivel (Mexico)
The Lost City of the Monkey God – Douglas Preston (Honduras)

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